Flicker Flashbacks: Vintage stars draw crowds at MoMA
Greta Garbo Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. draw standing room crowds at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The 485 seat venue screens a wide range from 1893 to recent titles, with two growing fan groups and a vast 14 million foot film library. The collection includes Birth of a Nation and The Great Train Robbery, along with Murnau, Stroheim, Griffith works and early Walt Disney animation.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Greta Garbo
Rudolph Valentino
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Biga
Valentino
Fairbanks
Garbo
Museum of Modern Art
Mary Queen of Scots
Edison Co
D. W. Griffith
Edwin S. Porter
Mack Sennett
Charlie Chaplin
Ronald Colman
Mary Brian
Victor McLaglen
Louis Wolheim
Dolores del Rio
Harold Lloyd
Bobbysoxers
Monsieur Beaucaire
Richard Griffith
Griffith
Erich von Stroheim
Josef von Sternberg
F. W. Murnau
Iris Barry
London
Miss Barry
Rockefellers
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Pickfair
Execu
Wallace Reid
Fatty Arbuckle
Flora Finch
John Bunny
Longs Wife Supports Doctors View On Governor's Care
Mrs. Farl K Long expressed hope Texas courts will heed doctors caring for Louisiana Governor Earl Long in Galveston psychiatric clinic. Attending physicians said he is improving but needs continued care and is not well. Long seeks habeas corpus relief claiming he was drugged and kidnapped aboard a National Guard plane.
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Galveston
Tex
Farl K. Long
Texas
Louisiana
Long
National Guard
Baton Rouge
Mobile Man 55 Charged After Marrying Youth
A Mobile building contractor, George H. Walker, 55, is jailed on charges of decoying away a child after marrying Doris Louise Sinclair, 14, in Mexico. Police say the couple surrendered Friday and Walker faces up to two years in jail if convicted.
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Mobile
George H. Walker
Walker
Doris Louise Sinclair
C. F E. Sinclair
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Cotaco Grad Enrolls at Lipscomb College
Douglas Kelly Morris of Lacey's Spring enrolls at David Lipscomb College for the summer quarter 1959. A Cotaco High School graduate he plans to major in English at Lipscomb.
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Nashville
Douglas Kelly Morris
Lizzie Lenora Morris
Lacey
David Lipscomb College
Cotaco High School
Morris
Lipscomb
Family decisions loom as Long fights sanity case
Mrs. Long describes family role in safeguarding governor Long as he stands a habeas corpus hearing. If successful, he could leave hospital and return to Louisiana as governor. Failure to resolve this Monday could lead to a sanity hearing and possible 90 day commitment. Dr. Arthur D. Long and Mrs. Long placed him under protective custody at John Sealy Hospital. Hospital director Daniel Bobbitt notes Long is cheerful and eager for the hearing. Mrs. Long had previously announced the governor’s collapse and rest.
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Long
Associated Press
Galveston
Two Hogs Lard Type and Bacon Type Distinction
The article explains there are two main hog types, the lard hogs and the bacon hogs, detailing their uses and differences in meat quality. It notes how breeds and feeding affect fat distribution and market demands for lard vs bacon hogs.
Master Plan Poised to Spare Huntsville Arsenal
The plan for national air defense would lightly affect the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama with no substantial changes. Nike Zeus production and contractor work would see up to 137 million dollars more for missile development to counter intercontinental threats. The Hercules antiaircraft program faces little impact as its development finished. Western Electric Bell Labs and Douglas Aircraft lead Nike Zeus with 17 major subs and 70 others.
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Army
Senate Armed Service Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Redstone
Huntsville
Arsenal
Air Force
Western Electric
Bell Laboratories
Douglas Aircraft
Drive On To Repeal Travel Tax
A Senate push to repeal the 10 percent passenger travel tax is planned this month led by Sen. George Smathers. He aims to attach the repeal to the Finance Committee extension bill, with potential Senate floor action if blocked. The tax brings in about 225 million annually and faces opposition from Sen. Harry Byrd.
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Washington
Senate
George S. Smathers
Dfla
Finance Committee
Smathers
House
Florida
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Sen
Robert Kerr
D-Okla
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Byrd
Ships Withdrawn From Reserve Fleet for Scrap
The Maritime Administration told Congress that over 1,000 World War II Liberty cargo ships will leave the reserve fleet and be sold for scrap as they are too obsolete for military use and unsuited for commercial operation.
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Washington
The
Maritime Administration
Congress
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Mary
Gish
Dorothy
Lillian
Richard Barthelmess
Mickey Mouse
William
Hart
Tom Mix
Underworld
Public Enemy
Sarah Bernhardt
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Eleanora Duse
Gabrielle Rejane
Otte Nebrig
Nebri
G Plumbing Co
Jewels
Victor
Imperial Tecumseh
Cotaco Grad
Ala
By Joe Hall
Canada
Thule
Greenland
Scotland
South America
Santo Domingo
Francisco Rivas
Peggy Bryan
Secretarial
Decatur, Ala
Kodak
Crump Camera Shop
Bank St
Mayfield
Somerville Road
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